A Highland Township murder case that garnered substantial national attention will be featured on the CBS crime series "48 Hours" this weekend.

The show, scheduled to air at 10 p.m. Saturday on CBS, will focus on the Jeffrey Pyne case. Pyne was recently found guilty of second-degree murder in his mother Ruth Pyne's death and will be sentenced later this month.

The episode is titled "The Perfect Family" and will feature interviews with Ruth Pyne's sister and investigators.

Bernie Pyne -- Ruth Pyne's husband and Jeffrey Pyne's father -- was also interviewed for the show. He has maintained his son's innocence throughout the trial and after the verdict was read.

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"The boy didn't do it," Bernie Pyne said during an interview for the show, according to a press release.

"My son would never harm his mother. They have this wrong. The police make mistakes and this is a mistake."

Investigators said Jeffrey Pyne, fed up with his living conditions at home, attacked his 51-year-old mother in the garage of their Highland Township home. Pyne was accused of hitting his mother in the head several times with a two-by-four, cracking her skull, before turning her over and stabbing her several times in the neck.

Multiple witnesses described the death as "overkill" while testifying during trial.

Oakland County Sheriff's Office Detective Sgt. Greg Glover, who testified at trial, told the show that Ruth Pyne's death involved rage.

"We felt it was something that was personal," Glover said.

"Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors and in someone's home. The family was not the family it appeared to be."

Pyne is scheduled to be sentenced at 3 p.m. Jan. 29 by Oakland County Circuit Judge Leo Bowman.